VMWare Workstation 17 next release Workstation 2023?

[kasper]

Last update was in April.   It is now August.   No updates.   And I can only guess as to how many issues are open.

I really like this software.    It is too bad it is dying.

[scott28tt · Accepted solution]

There's a current Tech Preview for an upcoming release: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Workstation-2023-Tech-Preview/ct-p/ws-tp2023

[kasper]

Thank you for your response.    My fault.   I was thinking version 18 was next.    New naming convention - year.

I look forward to its release.

[scott28tt]

I expect the current Tech Preview will become v18, that’s what happened last year when the Tech Preview at the time became v17.

[Technogeezer]

Or not.

VMware has hinted that the next release fo Fusion on the Mac may be a minor release to Fusion 13. If that’s true, then I wouldn’t be surprised if  Workstation would follow suit if past versioning is any indication of the future. They tend to manage versions of Fusion and Workstation similarly.

I guess we’ll wait and see if @Mikero chimes in. 

[jen2]

Does that mean we have to buy a new license? The current works with tech preview.  If that the case my boss gonna hate it 😞

[Technogeezer]

This is speculation but If they make the next version a minor version update to 17 and not a new major version 18, it’s likely not to require a new license. But only VMware knows for sure and until they say something, this is not a anything that I would get my boss agitated about until I knew for sure.  

It could be worse. You could be paying a subscription that if you stop paying, your VMs turn into pumpkins.